Word family noun final semi-final finalist semi-finalist finale finality finalization adjective final verb finalize adverb finally
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsemi-finalˌsemi-ˈfinal British English, semifinal American English /ˌsemiˈfaɪnl/ noun [countable] DSone of two sports games whose winners then compete against each other to decide who wins the whole competitionExamples from the Corpus
semi-final• For the management careers of both Dave Stringer and Malcolm Crosby, this is likely to be a crucial semi-final.• It was his cool nerve that saw his club through a nervous semi-final against Coleraine.• The other semi-final was a much more straight forward affair, with Staffordshire demolishing Buckinghamshire by 148 runs at Walsall.• The Crusaders-Portadown semi-final of the competition is scheduled for the Oval on Tuesday September 21.• The first three in each heat will qualify for a regional semi-final in September.• The arrangements for the sale of cup final tickets were introduced after a furore over the ticket sales for the semi-final.• Colchester were defeated in the semi-final of the runners-up competition by Rochford, the eventual winners. 